Another NPR freelancer was fired for participating in the Occupy movement.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand plans to introduce a bill barring federally-funded foster care and child adoption agencies from discriminating against potential adoptive parents because of their sexual orientations or gender identities.

Mayor Bloomberg is hosting an “intimate dinner” at Gracie Mansion Sunday night for a bipartisan group of senators, labor and business leaders to discuss how the Super Committee can “go big” and cut $4 trillion worth of spending.